Dear Raphael, Please CC me as well, as I am the submiter.
On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 08:47:51PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > As far as I understand, the file /etc/default/libzvbi0 was in the sarge > package but it's no more in the sid version of the package but the conf > files stays even after the purge because: > - dpkg doesn't remove conffiles on upgrade, it just mark them as obsolete > (can be seen on "dpkg -s package" in the Conffiles field) > - apparently even during purge it doesn't remove conffiles which are > obsolete > > Can you confirm ? From my observation, if the conffile is present in the Etch package[1], but not in the Sid package[2], dpkg leaves the conffile during upgrade and forgets about them on subsequent purge. I think Christian feels that this is to be handled by dpkg. [1]: http://packages.debian.org/etch/i386/libzvbi0/filelist [2]: http://packages.debian.org/sid/i386/libzvbi0/filelist HTH. Thanks. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036
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